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Weekly Update, October 19, 2004

Weekly Update, October 19, 2004

<DIV class=Section1> <H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in"></H1> <H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in">Cedar Rapids</H1> <H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in">RoughRiders <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></H1> <H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in">Weekly Update<o:p></o:p></H1> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date w:st="on" Month="10" Day="19" Year="2004">October 19, 2004</st1:date><o:p></o:p> <H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">                                                            <o:p></o:p></H1> <o:p> </o:p> THIS WEEK<o:p></o:p> Friday, October 22, <st1:time w:st="on" Hour="19" Minute="35">7:35PM</st1:time> @ Edge Ice Arena, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bensenville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City> RoughRiders vs. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> Steel<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Saturday, October 23, <st1:time w:st="on" Hour="19" Minute="5">7:05PM</st1:time> @ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place> Ice Arena<o:p></o:p> <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City> Steel vs. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place> RoughRiders<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Sunday, October 24, <st1:time w:st="on" Hour="16" Minute="5">4:05PM</st1:time> @ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place> Ice Arena<o:p></o:p> <st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City> Buccaneers vs. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place> RoughRiders<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> RECORDS <o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> 4-0-1, 9 points, 1st place tie East Division <o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <st1:date w:st="on" Month="3" Day="6" Year="2000">3-6-0</st1:date>, 6 points, 3rd place East Division<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <st1:date w:st="on" Month="1" Day="4" Year="2002">1-4-2</st1:date>, 4 points, 5th place East Division<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> COMING IN<o:p></o:p> The RoughRiders remain the only United States Hockey League team unbeaten in regulation this season.  The Riders, who have the league’s best winning percentage (.900), extended their team record season opening unbeaten streak to five straight games with a pair of wins last weekend.  <o:p></o:p> Friday night the RoughRiders won their home opener, defeating the arch rival Waterloo Black Hawks 4-1 in front of a sellout crowd of 4,125.  The following evening the Riders scored a wild 6-5 shootout victory over the Indiana Ice in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:City></st1:place>.  That victory enabled the RoughRiders to move into a tie with the Ice atop the USHL’s East Division.  The RoughRiders have two games in hand on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State></st1:place>.  <o:p></o:p> Sunday’s game was also the three hundredth in RoughRiders history.  Coach Mark Carlson has been behind the bench for all 300 games.<o:p></o:p> This weekend the RoughRiders face their first three game in three night stretch of the season.  Friday’s game is the final contest in a stretch which will have seen the RoughRiders play five of their first six games on the road.  Saturday’s tilt marks the beginning of a three game homestand.<o:p></o:p> One of the keys to the RoughRiders’ early success has been a balanced attack.  15 players have picked up at least one point and ten players have notched two or more points.  Eleven different forwards have recorded at least one point and ten different forwards have scored at least one goal.  No Rider has scored more than one goal in a single game.<o:p></o:p> Jon Grabarek scored for the first time this season in last Saturday night’s win, a goal that enabled Grabarek to tie the team career goal scoring record (38).<o:p></o:p> Sunday’s shootout was the third the RoughRiders have endured in five games this season.  The Riders have won two of those three shootouts.<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> went 1-2 last week.  The Steel fell 4-2 last Thursday in <st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State> and dropped a 4-3 decision at home to <st1:City w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:City> last Friday before bouncing back with a 3-2 win over <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place> Saturday.  <o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place> suffered back-to-back losses last weekend and has gone winless (0-2-1) in its last three games.  The Bucs fell 3-1 at <st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State> last Friday before suffering another road loss Saturday in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p> Sunday’s game is the second of two this weekend for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place>.  The Buccaneers host the Waterloo Black Hawks Saturday night.<o:p></o:p>             Former RoughRider forward Sean Muncy will make his first Cedar Rapids Ice Arena appearance as a visiting player Sunday.  Muncy was dealt to the Bucs in exchange for future considerations on September 27.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> LAST WEEK<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Saturday, October 16:  <st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City> 4  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Waterloo</st1:City></st1:place> 1<o:p></o:p> The RoughRiders scored four unanswered goals on the way to victory.  The Riders took control of the game with a three goal outburst in a span of five minutes in the second period as Jon Grabarek (who also had an assist), Brandon Svendsen and Shane Lovdahl found the net in rapid fire fashion.  Jordan Pietrus’s goal early in the third period finished off <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Waterloo</st1:City></st1:place>.  Alex Stalock made 26 saves to earn the win in goal.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Sunday, October 17:  <st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City> 6  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State></st1:place> 5<o:p></o:p> The Riders again demonstrated their explosiveness, scoring four times in five minutes 13 seconds to turn a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 second period lead.  Rob Ricci, Ted Purcell, Matt Vokes and Billy Loupee each contributed a goal to the onslaught.  Ricci, Purcell and Vokes also added one assist apiece.  The Riders fell behind again in the third period, but Erik Felde scored with <st1:time w:st="on" Hour="9" Minute="55">9:55</st1:time> remaining to force overtime.  After making 29 saves in regulation and overtime, Stalock stopped four of five penalty shots in the shootout.  Jon Grabarek and Purcell scored for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place> in the shootout.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Thursday, October 14: <st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State> 4  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> 2<o:p></o:p> Goals from T.J. Fox and Alan Thompson twice enabled the Steel to come from behind to tie the game, but <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City> could not provide a response to two <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State></st1:place> third period goals.  Billy Sauer made 30 saves but suffered the loss in goal.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Friday, October 15: <st1:City w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:City> 4  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> 3<o:p></o:p> For a second straight night the Steel battled back from a pair of one goal deficits to tie the game, but eventually suffered defeat.  David Marshall scored both tying goals and Kevin Swallow cut the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:City></st1:place> lead to 4-3 with a third period goal but their efforts were not enough.  Defenseman Cody Lampl added a pair of assists to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> cause.  Shane Connelly started the game in net for the Steel but was replaced by Billy Sauer at <st1:time w:st="on" Hour="15" Minute="35">15:35</st1:time> of the second period after allowing four goals on 17 shots.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Saturday, October 16:  <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City> 3  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place> 2<o:p></o:p> Shane Connelly turned in a stellar 47-save effort to backstop the Steel to a win.  David Marshall’s goal snapped a 2-2 tie at <st1:time w:st="on" Hour="15" Minute="4">3:04</st1:time> of the third period and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> hung on the rest of the way.  The Steel had taken a 2-0 lead on goals by Chris Clackson (who also had an assist) and Sami Liimatainen, but the Bucs battled back to tie the game with two second period goals.  <o:p></o:p>   <o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Friday, October 15: <st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State> 3  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place> 1<o:p></o:p> By the time Alex Laseen scored <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place>’ first and only goal at <st1:time w:st="on" Hour="15" Minute="18">3:18</st1:time> of the third period, the Ice had already scored three.  Pat Watson took the loss despite making 34 saves, including 16 on 18 shots in the second period.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Saturday, October 16:  <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City> 3  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place> 2<o:p></o:p> Chad Rau and Trevor Lewis scored just over two and a half minutes apart in the second period to erase a 2-0 deficit, but the Steel retook the lead for good early in the third period.  <st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City> fell despite outshooting <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> 49-37.  Cory Gershon (34 saves) suffered the loss in goal.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> TOP POINT SCORERS<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=Section2> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place>               GP       G          A          PTS<o:p></o:p> Rob Ricci                      5          1          5          6<o:p></o:p> Justin Abdelkader          5          2          2          4<o:p></o:p> Greg Collins                  5          1          3          4<o:p></o:p> (several players tied with 3 points)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>                       GP       G          A          PTS<o:p></o:p> TJ Fox                          9          4          2          6<o:p></o:p> Kevin Swallow               9          4          2          6<o:p></o:p> David Marshall              9          4          1          5<o:p></o:p> Alan Thompson             8          3          2          5<o:p></o:p> (several players tied with 4 points)<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=Section3> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place>                  GP       G          A          PTS<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Chad</st1:country-region></st1:place> Rau                      7          3          4          7<o:p></o:p> Matt Greer                     7          3          2          5<o:p></o:p> Dustin Fulton                7          1          4          5<o:p></o:p> Trevor Lewis                  7          2          2          4<o:p></o:p> (several players tied with 3 points)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> LEADERS <o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Goals- several players tied with 2<o:p></o:p> Assists- Rob Ricci (5)<o:p></o:p> Points- Rob Ricci (6)<o:p></o:p> Plus/Minus- Erik Felde (+4)<o:p></o:p> Penalty Minutes- Zach Miskovic (12)<o:p></o:p> Power Play Goals- Zach Miskovic, Matt Vokes, Shane Lovdahl (1)<o:p></o:p> Shorthanded Goals- none<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Alex Stalock ranks fifth in the league in goals against average (2.27) and is tied four fourth in wins (3).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Goals- TJ Fox, Kevin Swallow, David Marshall (4)<o:p></o:p> Assists- Chris Walsh (4)<o:p></o:p> Points- TJ Fox, Kevin Swallow (6)<o:p></o:p> Plus/Minus- Cody Lampl (+4)<o:p></o:p> Penalty Minutes- Eric Lampe (29)<o:p></o:p> Power Play Goals- TJ Fox (3)<o:p></o:p> Shorthanded Goals- TJ Fox (1)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Fox is tied for second in the league in power play goals…Lampl is tied for fifth among defensemen in points (4).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Goals-</st1:City> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Chad</st1:country-region></st1:place> Rau, Matt Greer (3)<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Assists-</st1:City> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Chad</st1:country-region></st1:place> Rau, Dustin Fulton (4)<o:p></o:p> Points- Chad Rau (7)<o:p></o:p> Plus/Minus- <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Chad</st1:country-region></st1:place> Rau (+5)<o:p></o:p> Penalty Minutes- Alex Laseen (34)<o:p></o:p> Power Play Goals- several players tied with 1<o:p></o:p> Shorthanded Goals- (none)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Rau is tied for eighth in the league in points…Laseen is tied for fifth in penalty minutes.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> GOALTENDERS <o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place>               GP       MIN      GAA     W-L-SOL           SO       SPCT   <o:p></o:p> Alex Stalock                  3          185       2.27      3-0-0                 0          .914<o:p></o:p> Dan Tormey                  2          130       3.23      1-0-1                 0          .891<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>                       GP       MIN      GAA     W-L-SOL           SO       SPCT<o:p></o:p> Billy Sauer                   4          202:04  1.48      <st1:date w:st="on" Month="2" Day="1" Year="2000">2-1-0</st1:date>                 0          .947<o:p></o:p> Shane Connelly             6          333:29  3.42      <st1:date w:st="on" Month="1" Day="5" Year="2000">1-5-0</st1:date>                 0          .896<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place>                  GP       MIN      GAA     W-L-SOL           SO       SPCT<o:p></o:p></H4> Pat Watson                   6          367:12  2.78      <st1:date w:st="on" Month="1" Day="4" Year="2001">1-4-1</st1:date>                 0          .916<o:p></o:p> Cory Gershon                1          59:25    3.03      0-1-0                 0          .919<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV> <DIV class=Section4> WHO’S HOT<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Justin Abdelkader: recorded point in four of his first five games  <o:p></o:p> Greg Collins: one goal, three assists in his last three games<o:p></o:p> Erik Felde: two goals, one assist in his last three games<o:p></o:p> Jon Grabarek: one goal, two assists in his last two games after going pointless in his first three games<o:p></o:p> Rob Ricci: recorded at least one point in each of his first five games…recorded one assist in each of his first five<o:p></o:p>             games…tied for the longest active assist streak in the USHL<o:p></o:p> Alex Stalock: has won his first three USHL starts<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> T.J. Fox: two goals and two assist in his last five games<o:p></o:p> Cody Lampl: three assists in his last three games<o:p></o:p> David Marshall: scored three goals in his last two games, four goals in his last four games<o:p></o:p> Eric Slais: one goal, three assists in his last five games<o:p></o:p> Alan Thompson: five game point scoring streak (<st1:date w:st="on" Month="3" Day="2" Year="2005">3-2-5</st1:date>) before failing to record a point last Saturday against Des<o:p></o:p>             Moines<o:p></o:p> Shane Connelly: made 47 saves to earn his first win last Saturday against <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place> after starting the season with<o:p></o:p>             five consecutive losses<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Dustin Fulton: four assists in his last four games<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Chad</st1:country-region></st1:place> Rau: six points (two goals, four assists) in his last four games<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> WIN-LOSS <o:p></o:p> <st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City>                           <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>                                   <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Home: 1-0-0                              Home: <st1:date w:st="on" Month="1" Day="4" Year="2000">1-4-0</st1:date>                              Home: <st1:date w:st="on" Month="1" Day="1" Year="2002">1-1-2</st1:date><o:p></o:p> Away: 3-0-1                               Away: <st1:date w:st="on" Month="2" Day="2" Year="2000">2-2-0</st1:date>                               Away: 0-3-0<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> vs. East Division: 4-0-0              vs. East Division: <st1:date w:st="on" Month="2" Day="3" Year="2000">2-3-0</st1:date>              vs. East Division: <st1:date w:st="on" Month="1" Day="3" Year="2001">1-3-1</st1:date><o:p></o:p> vs. West Division: 0-0-1             vs. West Division: <st1:date w:st="on" Month="1" Day="3" Year="2000">1-3-0</st1:date>             vs. West Division: 0-1-1<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> GOALS <o:p></o:p> <st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City>                                       <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>                                               <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Goals For Per Game: 4.00 (2)                 Goals For Per Game: 2.44 (9)                Goals For Per Game: 2.57 (8)<o:p></o:p> Goals Against Per Game: 3.00 (tie 4)      Goals Against Per Game: 2.78 (3)           Goals Against Per Game: 3.14 (tie 8)<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=Section5></DIV> <DIV class=Section6> SPECIAL TEAMS <o:p></o:p> <st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City>                                       <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>                                               <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> Power Play:       13% 3/23 (7)                 Power Play:       11.1%  6/54  (8)             Power Play:       8.3%  3/36  (10)<o:p></o:p> Penalty Kill:       95%  1/20  (2)                Penalty Kill:       83.1%  10/59  (10)         Penalty Kill:       83.3  6/36  (9)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Shorthanded Goals For: 0                       Shorthanded Goals For: 1                       Shorthanded Goals For: 0<o:p></o:p> Shorthanded Goals Against: 2    Shorthanded Goals Against: 0                 Shorthanded Goals Against: 0<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> SERIES<o:p></o:p> vs. Chicago 2004-05<o:p></o:p> <st1:date w:st="on" Month="9" Day="30" Year="2004">9/30/04</st1:date>             <st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City> 2 at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> 1<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> GP       W-L-SOL           PTS      H          A                      OPP REC         OPP PTS<o:p></o:p> 2004-05             1          1-0-0                 2          0-0-0     1-0-0                 0-1-0                 0<o:p></o:p> All-Time                        25         <st1:date w:st="on" Month="7" Day="16" Year="2002">16-7-2</st1:date>               34         <st1:date w:st="on" Month="9" Day="3" Year="2000">9-3-0</st1:date>     <st1:date w:st="on" Month="7" Day="4" Year="2002">7-4-2</st1:date>                 <st1:date w:st="on" Month="9" Day="15" Year="2001">9-15-1</st1:date>               19<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> vs. Des Moines 2004-05            <o:p></o:p> <st1:date w:st="on" Month="9" Day="25" Year="2004">9/25/04</st1:date>             <st1:City w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:City> 4 at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City></st1:place> 3 (so)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> GP       W-L-SOL           PTS      H          A                      OPP REC         OPP PTS<o:p></o:p> 2004-05             1          1-0-0                 2          0-0-0     1-0-0                 0-0-1                 1<o:p></o:p> All-Time        &